iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Hasegawa, 1:48 Scale, Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb (Trop)

This is one of those kits that was removed from the infamous, "Shelf of Doom!". Those shelves are like opinions, and everybody's got one...(Among other things...;) "Shelf of Doom", "Bin of Shame", as model [...]

PHANTOM FGR.2

Good kit, bad decals. I Hope you like It.

MIG-23 MF FLOGGER-B

I Hope you like. Good Trumpeter kit. Decals and fgs added.

Pfalz D.III, Eduard, 1:48, Vfw. Hecht, Jasta 10,

This is Eduard's first Pfalz release and one of my early models, when I didn't use tensioners and made the strings from threads pulled from women's stockings. Vizefeldwebel Hecht's aircraft of Jasta 10, was forced to land behind British [...]

A tale about a tail.

1/48 Hasegawa Messerschmitt Me109G-6. Htm Franz Dorr, CO of 111/JG5, Gossen, Norway. May 1945. This one was started years ago when I realised I didn't have the right tail section for the version I was doing. I had a G-14 short tail. [...]

Trumpeter 1/35 Mi-24V Hind

I wanted to do a Hind because I grew up during the Cold War, and I remember seeing these beasts flying through the air on the news or in the movies. Out of all the Soviet weapons, the Hind placed a bit of fear in me then. When I was in [...]

Academy 1/35 USMC AH-1Z Viper "Shark Tooth"

In 2022, the Armor Modelling and Preservation Society (AMPS) held its bi-annual model competition in Georgetown, Texas. In the special categories division, there was a Tank Buster category for fixed and rotary-wing aircraft. I selected [...]

2023 Builds

I had my most productive year in 2023 with 9 completed builds. This was helped by three things: My club "Gunna Build" competition - 1/48 Tamiya Il-2M3 My club "Build a B#$%#$" competition - 1/48 Testors Lockheed [...]

Two Monogram 1/48 Heinkel He-111H variants

The H variant was the most produced Heinkel He-111 aircraft and a diversified service carrier. The night and torpedo variants are themes in Monogram's He-111 series. As a later Monogram model, it has recessed panel lines and is well [...]

It's a HEMI!

Here’s my latest build, the Halberd XP-47H conversion. It’s an awesome conversion, the Halberd fuselage and Tamiya wings, spars, tailplanes, cockpit and canopy are all a perfect fit. The recent post by Tom Clever covers the history of [...]